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Serious A617 crash in Bolsover on 1 October 1992 at 15:25 involving a Kawasaki EX500 motorcycle

A Kawasaki EX500 motorcycle and a Ford Cortina were involved in a crash on the A617 in Bolsover at 15:25 on Thursday 1 October 1992. The 31-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki EX500 motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Oct 1992
Thursday, 15:25
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki EX500 and Ford Cortina
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.17432, longitude -1.24593, in the NG19 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Bolsover

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992302C00673
Council area
Bolsover
Police force
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
617
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 70 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 July 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki EX500

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    498 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Cortina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 31, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki EX500)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 1992302C00673 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bolsover road accident statistics for 1992.